abuttal

US: (ə but′l)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•but•tal  (ə but′l), n. 

1. abuttals:
   • Business those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands;
     boundaries.
   • Law Also, buttals. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
2. the act or state of abutting.

• abut + -al² 1620–30

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•but•ment /əˈbʌtmənt/   n. [countable]

1. Civil Engineering, Architecture a place where projecting parts meet, as in an arch.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

a•but•ment  (ə but′mənt), n. 

1. Civil Engineering, Architecture [Archit., Civ. Eng.]
   • a masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault.
   • a force that serves to abut an arch or vault.
   • a mass, as of masonry, receiving the arch, beam, truss, etc., at each end of a bridge.
   • a mass or structure for resisting the pressure of water on a bridge, pier, or the like.
   • each of the parts of a canyon or the like receiving the thrusts of an arch dam.
   • a structure for absorbing tensions from reinforcing strands for concrete being prestressed.
2. the place where projecting parts meet;
   junction.
3. Dentistry a tooth or tooth root that supports or stabilizes a bridge, denture, or other prosthetic appliance.

• abut + -ment 1635–45

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abutment / əˈbʌtmənt/, abuttal noun

1. the state or process of abutting
2. something that abuts
3. the thing on which something abuts
4. the point of junction between them
5. a construction that takes the thrust of an arch or vault or supports the end of a bridge